Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Padahāru Mādala

Padahāru Mādala (sixteen mādalas). — The name, indicating the amount of the bride-price, of a section of Upparas. A mādala is equal to two rupees. Some say that the name has reference to the modas, or heaps of earth, in which salt was formerly made.

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